September 24, 2013 at 6:03 am
Help! I need to obtain a copy of SQL 2008 Dev edition, but Amazon and Microsoft and Provantage don't have any copies available. I already have an R2 version, but I need the non-R2 version for some testing.
Anyone have any ideas where a copy of this is still for sale somewhere? (I have both 32bit & 64bit machines).
September 24, 2013 at 6:20 am
Can't you use the R2 edition, but set the database compatability level to 2008?
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September 24, 2013 at 6:35 am
The thing I'm concerned with is R2's extra capabilities. I'm developing stuff, but our environment is all regular 2008 (and the R2 is my personal copy that I have on my laptop, not the company's copy) and I don't want to indavertantly create something with my R2 copy that can't be used in our production environment.
The only way to be sure is to import the solution to 2008 regular and unit test it locally before pushing it up through the environments, but my new PC doesn't have the entire SQL suite and services installed like I had on my old box. And dealing with corporate red tape to get what I need ... I'm not going to finish that sentence. @=)
I've sent a query up the chain. But while I'm waiting to hear, I wanted to check around here.
EDIT: Am I overthinking this?
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